Epicurus Quotes

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another

Why should I fear death?If I am, then death is not.If Death is, then I am not.Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear.Religious tyranny did domineer.At length the mighty one of GreeceBegan to assent the liberty of man.

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.